#Welfare

Liam Bright

lastpositivist

Ok painful but real; while I still abjure the IDW and all their works and all their empty promises, I'm probably revising upwards my estimation of how bad something that

Sam Dumitriu

Sam_Dumitriu

I understand the aesthetic and emotional case (essential not luxury, only paid by one gender, etc.) for abolishing the tampon tax.But the actual financial benefit to women is likely to

Charlie Roding Pemberton

CSCPemberton

[Thread] Some facts and analysis of #FreeSchoolMeals, #Feedthechildren & UK benefits system. Disclaimer, I’ve been reading about this for 8 years and I’m always learning new things. It’s still a

Akhila Nekkanti

akhilanekkanti

This week I spoke to a member of government that believes racial disparities in child welfare are due to poverty and not racism.In case others also think this way, here's

elexus jionde

Lexual__

Poor White Loyalty to Wealthy Whites: A Thread Have you ever wondered why so many poor white southerners endear themselves to wealthy whites under a perceived shared pride of race?

Arrogantly Black: The Negro Subversive

negrosubversive

It’s important to point out that Bernie Sanders isn’t *that* radical. The fact that every city has a police department is not an argument against defunding the police. Instead of

Libby Wetterer, MD

LibbyWetterer

*a thread on language and reproductive injustice* Today I checked the MAR and noticed a nexplanon ordered for one of my spanish-speaking patients.Weird, because I just talked to her and

Ryan James Girdusky

RyanGirdusky

Congress needs to sponsor more pro-natalist bills, we need to make it more affordable and desirable for people to have childrenhttps://www.axios.com/america-losing-population-growth-census-data-0342f3b6-8e98-41a9-92de-209f823d0d63.html?utm_

Greg Fish

GregAFish

According to a study by the London School of Economics, 50 years worth of tax cuts contributed absolutely nothing to boost the GDP and employment rates across 18 nations that

Mark Brown

MarkOneinFour

It has been horrifying watching a decade of the UK undoing its own progress and returning to the 1930s. Being destitute and in poverty leaves two kinds of scars. The

Jon Stone

joncstone

Context reminder: a basic free trade agreement of the kind Boris Johnson seems to have secured will reduce UK GDP by 5.2% over 15 years compared to staying in the

SEWA Bharat

SEWABharat

ILO estimates there are more than 50 lakh domestic workers in India. It is a gendered occupation that is seen as an extension of women's daily chores. The impact of

Broken Native

iambrokennative

The Miseducation of The Afrikan ChildThere are psychological reasons why people would want to associate themselves with their history. There’s a difference between what someone thinks of him/herself and what

Ben Alpers 🗽

Ben_Alpers

There are at least two things that distinguish the contemporary GOP from far-right, ethnonationalist parties in Europe: 1) the GOP is (in theory and practice) anti-majoritarian; 2) the GOP remains

Dean Carlos 🇺🇲🇻🇦

thedeanwrites

The foundational principles for Distributism exist in Guadium et spes"Goods can be transferred to the public domain only by the competent authority, according to the demands and within the limits

Trip Richards: Suck A Dick Don't Be One.

TripleXTransMan

Ethical Porn Consumption: a thread:Some people are curious about how to be an ethical consumer of porn. They worry about the wellbeing of adult performers and have heard horror stories

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